#bird-nerd

Big Beautiful World 74 – Great Blue Heron, Sunbury, PA

It’s a big, beautiful world out there and man…are we ever screwing it up.

I started taking a road-less-traveled to work…making a right instead of a left, going around the mountain instead of through town, and I get to see a lot more of what makes central PA special. In fact, it’s so pretty I even drive around there on my off days. There’s a dam at the first right over the bridge, and yesterday I…

Big Beautiful World 71 – Street Art, Reykjavik, Iceland

It’s a big, beautiful world out there and man…are we ever screwing it up.

It’s supposed to be roughly the temperature of the surface of the sun today and I am missing both travel and winter. I’m pretty open about how much I dislike summer heat, and I vacation in places like Boston and New York State…and Iceland…in the winter. Since I can’t go see anything new right now, I figured I’d revisit past…

Big Beautiful World 68 – Red-Bellied Woodpecker, Lewisburg PA

It’s a big, beautiful world out there. Please enjoy it responsibly.

I am so glad I have embraced how much I dig watching birds. Even though they are flying bellies and my need for bird seed is the ONE THING that will push me out of the house (yes, with a mask) during the coronavirus lockdown. They’re super-pretty (well, mostly, and I’m looking at you, turkey vulture) even when they’re jerks (more…

Big Beautiful World 67 – Lady Miss Bluebird, Lewisburg PA

It’s a big, beautiful world out there. Please enjoy it responsibly.

This week I’m highlighting the gorgeous ladies of My Back Yard. This svelte blue temptress set up house with her bonded mating partner (more on him in another post) and flew her showy self all around my pin oak.

Hello, Blue Lady of M**** Street

I don’t know why bluebirds = happiness, but I will add my voice to the anecdotal…

Big Beautiful World 66 – Lady Miss Cardinal, Lewisburg, PA

It’s a big, beautiful world out there. Please enjoy it responsibly.

I’ve come to love female Northern cardinals more and more as I watch birds. Sure, the males are super-striking, but the females, with their creamy gold bodies and red accents, and bright red beaks, and cute tufty mohawks, are quietly gorgeous and usually underappreciated. Which makes me love these avian underdogs even more.

This…

Big Beautiful World 65 – Common Grackle

It’s a big, beautiful world out there. Please enjoy it responsibly.

For the longest time I didn’t really care about birds. They were all over the back yard of the house I grew up in and I can remember watching them with my mom, but they didn’t really move me. Subsequently, I didn’t really learn what birds I’m supposed to dislike for various reasons and so, I think some of the pest birds are very…

Photo A Day: Cardinal in My Back Yard

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON BEYONDPAISLEYPHOTOS.COM To try and keep me honest in posting my photos regularly: Welcome to my Photo A Day! Topic: Whatever strikes my fancy. Frequency: Daily-ish, I hope. As I creep closer and closer to my dotage and accept the fact that I live in a semi-rural area, I am finally embracing the inevitable turn toward becoming a total bird-nerd. We recently set up a bird…

Photo A Day: Cardinal in My Back Yard

To try and keep me honest in posting my photos regularly: Welcome to my Photo A Day! Topic: Whatever strikes my fancy. Frequency: Daily-ish, I hope.

As I creep closer and closer to my dotage and accept the fact that I live in a semi-rural area, I am finally embracing the inevitable turn toward becoming a total bird-nerd. We recently set up a bird feeder in the back yard (Day 1: Put up a bird…